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Click here to subscribeCa. 900 AD. Rare Medieval Scandinavian iron axehead with long curved blade and hammer; including a custom-made stand. Lit. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940. Size: 190 / 130 mm; 526 grams. Provenance: Old British collection of Ancient weaponry, acquired in the 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
CA. 1200 AD. Very Rare religious medallion from the Holy Lands in exceptional condition. Cast silver flat section disc pendant with applied loop; central section depicts a large Maltese cross. Such pendants were worn by the Knights Templar as an insignia of their guild. Size: 62mm; 35 grams (large size). Provenance: Property of a professional collector from London, purchased on the European art market in the 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
CA. 1300 – 1500 AD. Rare Medieval silver ring with round hoop; decorated edge and shoulders; forming thick carved bezel depicting a coat of arms / heraldic crest – a tent with a lion, guarded by two soldiers with spears and crown above. Possibly French or British. Size: 20mm (inner diameter); 9 grams. Provenance: Property of a professional collector from London, purchased on the European art market in the 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 200 AD. Rare Ancient Legionary ring with D-section hoop; large bezel with applied gold hammered sheet fitting inscribed with “LEG I ITAL” standing for “1st Italic Legion”. Very good, wearable condition. Size: 18.5mm; 8 grams. Provenance: From an Oxford private collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 1600 - 800 BC Rare Ancient Greek Bronze Hoplite Socketed Spear in custom made stand. Leaf shaped blade, long and thin neck for better balance and movement. Superb Condition, 420mm; 530gr. . Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca.500 BC. Rare bottle created in a pottery workshop in the Apulia region of southern Italy where potters were known for introducing additional pigments to the red-figure painting technique. This example of Gnathian ware, however, displays no figural work but rather a fine-line netted pattern embellishes the rounded body in white pigment added to the black-slipped ground after firing. In addition, the painter took a generally highly ornamental approach to the neck and lower body i.e. the white horizontal bands as well as a wide red horizontal band adorning the shoulder leading to a series of white vertical bands that are capped by more white horizontal bands as well as the white and red bands wrapping the lower body. The form is just as elegant, boasting a stunning silhouette with a globular body, a neck that narrows gracefully to a wide rimmed spout, all upon a raised narrow foot. Overall, a lovely example that demonstrates skilful technique and an overall polychromatic effect characteristic of Gnathia. Good Condition; 155mm; 175gr; Private London collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK and European art market; All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 400 BC Rare and well preserved ancient Greek Messapian kantharos from Southern Italy. Decorated with linear bands and palmettes in orange and brown on a buff body.Good Condition; Intact; 165x135mm; 320gr; Private London collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK and European art market; All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 300 BC. Attractive Greek Hellenistic Period plate with decorative protusions resembling lug with low pedestal foot, rare type; Good Condition; Intact; 220x55mm; 520gr; Ex collection of John Hibner acquired in Turkey during military services in the 1960’s; All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Roman bronze tweezer bow brooch used for cosmetic purposes; a rare and difficult form to find. - 72mm, 12,5 grams - ca.200AD - From an old British collection, acquired in York in the 1990s, brought by Jerusalem in the 1960s. - All items come with Free International postage, accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity .
CA. 200 AD. Rare flat section cavalry pendant with integral loop and applied polychrome enamel insert. Very good, wearable condition. Size: 44mm; 5 grams. Provenance: Property of a Central London gallery; acquired from an old British (London) collection formed in the 1960-2000. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
CA. 4th century AD. Rare Late Roman bronze ring with oval hoop; forming thick round bezel with carved imperial portrait; most probably depicting emperor Crispus, based on iconographic comparison with numismatic material. Very good, wearable condition. Size: 20mm (inner diameter); 11 grams. Provenance: Property of a private collector from London; from father’s family collection, formed in the 1970s – 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
CA. 200 AD. Rare Ancient open-work fire starter decorated with with two cupids holding a laurel wreath and integral loop; flint enclosed in a lead sheet. Very interesting fire starting kit, possibly from a legionary camp. Size: 30 /62 mm; 40 grams. Expertly cleaned and conserved. Provenance: From an old British collection acquired in the 1990s on the London art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with a professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
A very rare and important 16th century carved ivory 'Memento Mori' chaplet bead, carved as two back to back heads, one a skull with worms, toads and lizards, inscribed 'der not der biteren tot aller nocht oberst' , approx 4.5 x 4.5cm, with ten attached graduated ivory beads, largest 3.4cm diameter, and ivory suspender.For a comparable example with similar inscription (additionally dated 1522) see The National Museum, Munich; also Sotheby's 5th July 2016 Lot: 38. Provenance; This is from a private collection.
A rare late eighteenth century Pinxton pottery tankard, decorated with sprigs of flowers, possibly by William Billingsley and having a gilded monogram, deep blue band and gilt rims, 13cms high x 13cms diam. Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
RARE VINTAGE FABRIC BUS SCROLLS - PLACE NAMES, GLASGOWtwo interesting large roller scrolls for double-decker buses, with a variety of place names including destinations in Glasgow. Including Charing Cross, Alexandra Park, Castle Street, Newlands, Jamaica Street, Oxford to Bicester, Football Match reserved, Private Hire, Battlefield, Pressed Steel Works etc. (2)
RARE NICOLE FRERES MUSIC BOX - PIANO FORTE OVERTURE an unusual Nicole Freres music box, circa 1850. With a 4 air mechanism, with a drop down flap on one side to reveal 3 brass levers and the winding hole. With a 13ins (33cms) long cylinder, triple stamped by Nicole Freres and marked with the number 36792 (also marked with the same number on the songsheet plaque and on the base of the case). With a silver/silver plated plaque on the inside of the lid, marked 4 Ouvertures Piano Forte Gme 1713, 36792, with a list of 4 overtures including Rossini & Mozart, Hurt Et Wray A Birmingham. The rosewood veneered top of the case inlaid in brass, coloured enamel and tortoiseshell. In working order and with it's key, teeth intact. Case 55cms by 23cms
A Rare and Important Melon-Form Silver Handled Jar and Cover, Tang Dynasty (618-907)Raised on a short splayed foot, the eight-lobed globular body decorated with engraved panels including birds, deer, tiger and ram amongst blossom and foliage, all on a ring-punched stippled ground, the shoulder surmounted by a pair of recumbent mythical bixie beasts supporting a tapering D-section swing handle, the cover double-domed and rising to a tear-shaped finial.Height 17.3 cm Provenance: An old Scottish Estate, acquired prior to 1980 [Notes: This silver jar is an example of the fine craftsmanship and sumptuous tastes of the Tang Court. Despite China’s strong history of using silver in ornaments and smaller vessels, it was not until the 6th Century that this material was considered one of the premier luxury materials. The vessel was analysed at Oxford University and determined to be of very high fineness (99.7%), comparable with other Tang silver. Its design is unique in both its shape and decoration. The lobed form and depiction of fantastic beasts was introduced through trade along the Silk Road. Despite being used as Chinese decorative motifs since the Bronze Age, the two mythical bixie on the shoulders are also influenced by creatures from Central Asia. Assuming the form of a single-horn winged lion, these animals are known to ward off evil and bring wealth in the form of gold and silver coins to their owners. With its large size and attractive workmanship, this vessel would have been a prized possession within the Tang upper-class. The presence of a cover is quite remarkable, the double-dome and finial of which are reminiscent of a Buddhist stupa, offering up the possibility that this vessel was used for religious ceremonies in a high-ranking temple. For a similar container of this shape, see Carol Michaelson, Gilded Dragons, Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages, London, 1999, Fig. 82, a handled jar and cover at the Shaanxi History Museum. Both have similar rounded forms, swivel handles supported in the mouths of mythical beasts, and engraved depictions of animals and foliage, the latter lacking the lobed body of this specimen; an eight-lobed parcel-gilt silver and gold box sold through Sotheby’s London, 27 November 1973, lot 30, and another example published in Eskenazi’s Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver; Works of Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 2011, page 33; the bold four-square stature of the deer can be compared to that of a repoussé standing rhinoceros on a silver dish sold at Sotheby’s London Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, 14 May 2008, lot 59; and the large lush foliage can be compared to similar designs on a silver bowl and a bowl and cover that were sold in ibid., lots 53 and 64. The last three examples were all featured in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953.]
A rare, extensive and detailed archive of manuscript notes detailing production of Great War British military munitions, ex-Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton, who worked for the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War, comprising approximately 150 sheets and notes concerning production requirements, supply and usage of munitions including artillery shells and other ammunition, tanks, machine guns etc
Rare Spratt's advertising enamel sign, Spratt's 'puts pussy into fine form!' Spratt's Cat Foot. For Cat & Kittens. It's sold in packets, numbered to the bottom right 343, 61cm x 31cm. The sign has been in the same family since new due to the family business as Corn Merchants in the 20th Century
Motorcycle legend Bill Ivy signed RARE 5 x 4 b/w photo, to Ted Best Wishes. William David Ivy (27 August 1942 - 12 July 1969) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Maidstone, Kent. He died during practice for a race in Europe. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Albert Francois Cevert Goldenberg RARE signed 6 x 4 motor racing photo, in his number 14 car. (25 February 1944 - 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver who took part in the Formula One World Championship. He competed in 47 World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 89 career points. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Christabel Pankhurst RARE hand written 6 page letter 31st July 1911 on Womans Social and Political Union letterhead to MP Noel Buxton regarding a Womans Suffrage Bill being a rival to the Circulation Bill and a speech. Noel Buxton. British Conservative politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s. He was Secretary of State for Air during most of the 1920s. As Secretary of State for India in the early 1930s, he authored the Government of India Act 1935, which granted provincial-level self-government to India. Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, DBE, was a British suffragette born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, she directed its militant actions from exile in France from 1912 to 1913. In 1914 she supported the war against Germany. CHRISTABEL PANKHURST'S BATTLE FOR FEMALE SUFFRAGE COMES TO A HEAD: Christabel was at this time running the Women's Social and Political Union, while her mother Emmeline spent most of her time campaigning in the provinces. Our letter was written by Christabel to the editor of the leading Liberal newspaper after Asquith's victory in the 1910 general election. The Irish Women's Franchise League had been founded in 1908 and was the most outspoken and public manifestation of women's discontent and radical feminism in Ireland; its primary aim being to secure women's suffrage within Home Rule. In 1910 a Conciliation Bill - whereby votes would be granted to around a million women - had been introduced to Parliament but had failed. Another was debated in May 1911. This had been passed by a majority of 255 to 88 votes as a private member's bill, and was promised a week of government time: 'Christabel, although full of doubts that Prime Minister Asquith would ever grant votes to women, nevertheless hoped that a settlement could be reached by peaceful means, since she believed that mild militancy was played out. The suspension of militancy, announced at the end of January, remained in force until 21 November 1911, apart from one week during 1910. When Asquith stated on 7 November 1911 that the government would introduce next session a Manhood Suffrage Bill that could be amended to include women, Christabel denounced his scheme as disreputable, and appealed for one thousand women to march to Westminster two weeks later. While the demonstration was taking place, however, a smaller group armed with bags of stones and hammers broke windows of government offices and businesses. Convinced that the government would not concede women's suffrage until they were forced to do so, the WSPU engaged in further window breaking, this time on a mass scale, in early March 1912; the policy had been jointly agreed by Christabel, her mother, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. On 5 March, the police rushed to Clement's Inn with a warrant for the arrest of the leaders. Christabel, however, now lived in a flat nearby. Warned of what was happening, and fearful that the movement would collapse if all the leaders were in prison, she fled to France where a political offender was not liable to extradition' (June Purvis, ODNB). Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Football Mexico 1970 World cup finals match ticket Romania v Czechoslovakia 6th June 1970 very rare . Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Football Mexico 1970 World Cup Final match ticket Brazil v Italy 21st June 1970 very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Football Mexico 1970 World Cup Finals match ticket England v Romania 2nd June 1970 very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Football Mexico 1970 World cup finals match ticket Brazil v Romania 10th June 1970 very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Football Mexico 1970 World cup finals match ticket Quarter final England v West Germany 14th June 1970 very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Israel envelope Interim stamp label (KKL) with DOAR at top value at bottom on cover 16.5.48 special pink to commemorate Declaration of Independence on commercial cover very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
GB Stamp collection King George V 4, album pages dating 1912 to 1936, thirty five stamps some very rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
GB Stamp collection King George VI and Queen Elizabeth dating 1937 to 1951, 8 album pages 42 stamps some rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Palestine rare mint postcard issued by the British mandate postal administration philatelic exhibition Tel Aviv 8.4-11.4.1945. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
The Beatles 3/10/1995 original Sun Newspaper for the reforming of the group for the Anthology Album promotion. Framed to overall 55cm x 65cm, some signs of age and yellowing. Rare. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Graham Draper 41 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed white card. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Marian Chelmecki 56 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed small blue card with RAF logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Brian Considine 238 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed small blue card with RAF logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Roland Harold Dibnah 1 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed small blue card with RAF logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Rupert Francis Clerke 32 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed small blue card with RAF logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Stefan Kleczowski 302 sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed small blue card with RAF logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Mieczyslaw Gorzula 607 Polish sqn rare Battle of Britain pilot signed 2004 Internetstamps BOB cover. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Michael Duke Doulton rare Battle of Britain 601 sqn autograph hand written 1936 Navigators Log sheet for k4500 flight, written in pencil and signed on back page. He was killed on 31/8/1940. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
David Edward Lloyd rare Battle of Britain pilot 19 sqn hand written combat report dated 18th September 1940, when aa Red 3 in a section led by Flt Lt Lawson, he describes the destruction of a JU88, he moved to 92 Sqn then 61 OUT as an instructor and was sadly killed in 1942. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Derrick Deuntzer rare Battle of Britain pilot 79 sqn signed blue small BOB card with RAF Logo. From the Ted Sergison collection. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
An original vintage automobilia related doubled sided RAC ' To Car Park - Free ' advertising event enamel sign. White and blue, with RAC logo to top, and blue-on-white 'Free' notation to centre, within the right-facing white arrow. Printers marks for Burnham of London. Measures approx; 70cm x 54cm. Rare original enamel sign.
A rare WWII Second World War M1 pattern Infantry steel combat uniform helmet. Complete example. including liner and all strapping. Original camouflage paint to top. One strap marked with regimental number 54845. Wartime example with front seam and fixed bales. Rare and good example of this classic WWII helmet.
A pair of rare Second World War WWII German Third Reich Nazi issue Kriegsmarine Carl Zeiss U-boat / U Boat Commander's submarine 7x50 binoculars, complete with Benutzer eyepiece guard to sights, rubber end protectors and rubber grips to eyepieces. Stamped ' blc ' ' 45484 to eye piece. The opposite eye piece scratched with ' BS2101A '- possibly relating to an original owner of boat of issue. A rare pair of binoculars. CONDITION: Optics in good working order, no cracks or chips etc. Outer casing with some wear, and rubber work suffering some light degradation. Eye piece plastic guard is present, but loose. The final two photographs were taken through each lens. (although this condition report is offered here, buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves as to all conditions prior to bidding and is offered as a guide only).
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